Islamic Studies Research Articles

Navigating the interplay between Sustainable Leadership, Relational Capital, and Academic Performance in Higher Education

Higher education is widely recognized as a pivotal factor in supporting the implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs) through research, teaching and learning, collaboration, and management governance. Therefore, this research aimed to analyze the impact of leadership styles on academic performance, examine relational capital as a mediator in the relationship between leadership styles and academic performance, investigate the effect of sustainability leadership on curriculum design, and assess the influence of curriculum design on academic performance. The population consisted of lecturers from the Faculty of Economics at State Islamic Universities in Indonesia, the Islamic Science University of Malaysia (USIM) in Malaysia, and the Faculty of Islamic Studies, Department of Sharia and Economics, at the University of Malaya. With a population of 783 individuals and a precision of 5%, the sample size was determined to be 265 lecturers, and Partial Least Square (PLS) was used to test the hypotheses. The results showed that sustainable leadership did not affect academic performance. Furthermore, relational capital mediated the relationship between sustainable leadership and academic performance. Sustainable leadership and curriculum design directly affected academic performance. The findings highlighted the crucial role of leadership in facilitating curriculum design, relational capital, and academic performance. By emphasizing relational capital, higher education institutions proactively enhanced academic performance. Future research should also consider other important factors related to academic performance and explore different behavioral effects and leadership styles.

Exploring The Meaning Of Islamic Accounting Courses For Students: A Phenomenological Approach

This research aims to explore the meaning of Islamic accounting courses for students. This qualitative research uses an interpretive paradigm and a transcendental phenomenological approach. The data source uses primary data with observation and interview data collection techniques, where the research informants are 20 students who have programmed Islamic accounting courses in the Islamic accounting study program at IAIN Sultan Amai Gorontalo. Before data analysis is carried out, a data validity test consists of credibility, dependability and confirmability tests. This research shows that learning Islamic accounting courses must focus on developing student competencies, optimizing business processes, and developing Islamic accounting applications. This research can contribute to developing academic literature on Islamic accounting by expanding understanding of the effectiveness of learning models on students' understanding of Islamic accounting courses. This research can contribute to universities improving and enhancing Islamic accounting learning models, making them more relevant and valuable for students in the world of work.

PENILAIAN KESAN PELAKSANAAN MODEL ik-PBM BAGI KURSUS PENGAJIAN ISLAM TERHADAP PEMIKIRAN KRITIS PELAJAR: KAJIAN DI SEBUAH POLITEKNIK PREMIER

Approaches and strategies in teaching and learning are very important for students to be able to master the skills needed in the 21st century in line with the implementation process of educational transformation. This study was conducted to see the effect of implementing the ik-PBM model for the Islamic Studies course on students' critical thinking. A quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design was used involving pre- and post-test methods on a treatment group and a control group consisting of 64 students at one of the polytechnics. This study uses the Malaysian Critical Thinking Skill Instrument - MyCT which has been tested for validity and reliability of the instrument's items using the Rasch Model. While the data analysis method is using descriptive statistics involving the mean score and standard deviation, followed by dependent and independent sample t-tests using IBM Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 27. The findings show that there is a significant difference between the treatment group and control, with a p value of .000 (p ˂ .05). While the value of the effect of the size of the treatment group on the critical skills test reached a high level (ƞ2 = 0.29). In conclusion, this finding shows that the ik-PBM model can increase the level of critical thinking for students. The implication of this study is that this model is expected to be an alternative approach for educators in their teaching.

Peran Pendidikan Agama Islam dalam Pembentukan Karakter Siswa di SMP Negeri 3 Tanjung Pura

The purpose of this research is to explain the role of religious education in helping the process of character formation of students at Madinatussalam Private MTs. Qualitative descriptive research method. In the process of collecting data, using observation, interviews and documentation methods. Meanwhile, for the analysis, qualitative descriptive analysis techniques are used, namely in the form of written or verbal data from people and observed behavior so that in this case the author attempts to conduct research that thoroughly describes the actual situation. The author can conclude the results of this research as follows: First, the school's efforts to realize character education are: 1) conducting Islamic studies; 2) take advantage of the commemoration of Islamic Holidays (PHBI); 3) oblige and get used to saying hello and shaking hands with teachers; 4) oblige and make it a habit to always comply with the rules and culture at school; 5) make it mandatory and get used to always praying in congregation when at school. Second, the efforts of Islamic religious education teachers in forming student character: 1) maximizing the delivery of Islamic religious education material; 2) instilling the Islamic style of Ahlusunnah Waljama'ah; 3) Islamic religious education teachers must be active and be role models for their students in applying character education. Third, the strategies carried out by Islamic religious education teachers: 1) use of effective learning approach methods; 2) use of discussion and demonstration methods.

Kontroversi Kepemimpinan Wanita: Perbedaan Pandangan Hadis Bukhari Dan UU Pasal 27 Ayat 1

In this research, we will explore and explain further the link of Bukhari's hadith regarding women's leadership and the provisions of Article 27 paragraph 1 of the Law on Gender Equality in Leadership Positions. This research was conducted using a multidisciplinary approach that combines textual analysis, historical-critical methods, and legal methods. The findings show that Bukhari's hadith about women's leadership needs to be understood in its socio-historical context and cannot be interpreted from the text alone. On top of that, this research found that the spirit of gender equality in Article 27 paragraph 1 of the law is in line with Islamic rules for creating a fair and beneficial system. Therefore, the reconciliation of religious values and positive legal norms regarding women's leadership can be achieved by considering the comprehensive interpretation of the Bukhari hadith and the contextual application of Law Article 27 paragraph 1. Women's leadership is an important issue that has sparked debate throughout the world, including Indonesia . This debate is rooted in the dialectic between religious values and positive legal norms. In Islamic studies, the placement of certain hadiths in the Sahih Bukhari book is often interpreted as preventing women from occupying leadership positions. On the other hand, Article 27 paragraph 1 of the Law firmly guarantees the right of every citizen to take leadership roles without gender discrimination.

Teachers' Perceptions of the Relevance of Islamic Studies Curriculum Content to Values and Moral Development in Nigeria Secondary Schools

Teachers' Perceptions of the Relevance of Islamic Studies Curriculum Content to Values and Moral Development in Nigeria Secondary Schools

Study of the Reasons for the Revelation of the Quran in the View of Al-Suyuti

As the science of the causes of revelation is an important science from the sciences of the Holy Qur’an and Islamic studies. Knowledge of this science is important for understanding the Qur’anic verses and is considered the best way to understand the interpretation of the Qur’anic verses, which is a kind of interpretation by tradition. There were also many suspicions about some of the narrations in Al-Suyuti’s books, which indicate and confirm the distortion of the Qur’an, and that what we have in our hands is not the same as the Qur’an revealed to the Great Prophet, may God’s prayers be upon him and his family, the martyr al-Sadr, by refuting these suspicions with definitive evidence, based on the verses of the Holy Qur’an itself and the narrations contained On the authority of Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them, in addition to the mental and logical evidence that contradicts these suspicions. This research aims to study the reasons for the revelation of the Noble Qur’an in Al-Suyuti’s vision through the descriptive-analytical approach. It is general and comprehensive for all similar situations, and is not limited to the specific case in which the verse is mentioned.

Defending the “Backward Civilization”: The Resurrection of a Forgotten 17th Century Text in 20th Century Intellectual Discourse on Islam

It is an irony of history that since texts transcend the intentions and purposes of their authors, their meaning and significance are often contested anew as they enter new historical contexts; even historical texts are thus subject to reading and criticism over time. This article discusses the posthumous fate of Henry Stubbe’s own text on Islamic history, The Rise and Progress of Mahometanism—seen by some to represent a Copernican revolution in the study of Islam. The fate of this work is a clear example of the critical contingencies and fluctuating fortunes experienced by a corpus of texts. The continuing existence of a text as an object open to reconfiguration and re-evaluation is termed its after-history (Nachgeschichte) or afterlife (Nachleben). This notion of the afterlife of an object as a period of critical appreciation and political appropriation aptly defines the fate and fame of The Rise and Progress of Mahometanism. The present study seeks to explore the narrative surrounding a publication authored by Stubbe in the 17th century and finally published by Hafiz Mahmud Khan Shairani, with the critical support of Ottoman intellectual Halil Halid Bey, nearly two centuries later. Its objective is to investigate how the life and contributions of a figure whose work has transcended generations was resurrected within the political backdrop of the 20th century, as evidenced in the columns of Ottoman newspapers.

Discourse on Religious Moderation in the View of Surakarta Students According to Indonesian Law

Religious moderation is very important because the tendency of excessive or excessive religious experiences often leaves one-sided claims of truth and considers themselves the most right while others are wrong. Based on the above background, the researcher is interested in studying the extent of understanding of religious moderation among Surakarta students and how efforts are made to increase awareness of religious moderation among students. This type of research is field research with a qualitative approach that aims to describe the data obtained in the field regarding students' understanding related to religious moderation. The data sources used in this study are primary and secondary. The data collection techniques used were interviews and documentation. Students' understanding of religious moderation varied greatly from the results of several interviews conducted with 30 students in the Islamic Criminal Law Study Program, 20 students explained that moderation is tolerance and mutual respect between religious people. This is not wrong, because one of the indicators of religion is tolerance. Meanwhile, the other 10 students have understood that moderation is our perspective or attitude in religion in moderation, understanding and practicing religious teachings that are not extreme. Meanwhile, 30 students of the Law Study Program at the Batik University of Surakarta most of them do not understand what religious moderation is in terms of terminology, but once they are given an understanding and indicators related to religious moderation, they understand. Most of them have been taught in Pancasila and Civic Education courses. Religious moderation can be used as a learning approach so that students can think critically and analyze the courses they are taught, which of course remains based on the principles of religious moderation.

The Perspective of Gender and Islamic Law on Waithood Phenomenon in The Millennial Generation

The recommendation to get married is clearly explained in the naṣ shara', but in reality at this time many teenagers who are considered mature and ready to get married are reluctant to get married and prefer to delay being single. This phenomenon has recently become widespread and is used as a principle by many teenagers in various parts of the world to Indonesia and is known as waithood. In the context of millennial adolescents today, the reasons that become factors for choosing waithood are so diverse that it is interesting to study and review their correlation with Islamic studies and gender issues. This research is a library research with a normative-sociological approach by analyzing the phenomenon of the idea of waithood through gender studies and Islamic law. The results of this study indicate that there are many factors, concepts and goals of waithood carried out by millennial adolescents today that contradict Islamic principles which clearly recommend getting married immediately if you are able and there is a connection to gender issues in the case of women who prefer waithood to not getting married, as well as gender inequality which is being called for by the UN program Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which is not only on the issue of roles in marriage but even on many other factors so that the shift in the meaning of marriage and the decision to have children is no longer considered an obligation, but a choice that can be made by women

A Study of Qur'anic Verses on the Concept of Musyarakah: Study of the Contextual Tafsir of Abdullah Saeed

The paper wishes to present a study of verses of the Qur’an relating to cooperation in Abdullah Saeed’s view of profit sharing, an issue in the debate on Islamic banking in Indonesia. Researchers try to examine how Abdullah Saeed’s thoughts elaborate on profit sharing. Abdullah Saeed is an Australian scholar and scholar studying Islamic studies. He is an Omani Arabic and Islamic Studies Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is known for his progressive view on religious freedom in Islam.

Exploring Lecturers’ Perceptions of Multiple Intelligence-based Instruction in Teaching English for Islamic Studies

This paper aims to explore lecturers’ perceptions on multiple intelligence-based instruction in teaching English for Islamic studies. The key question is how lecturers understand the concept of MI-based instruction. This study was conducted at one of the Islamic universities in Indonesia involving three lecturers. The instruments used were multiple intelligence inventory questionnaires and interview guidelines. The data found that teaching and learning activities should be designed to enhance each student's different intelligences, facilitating strength intelligence. Students not only have language and mathematics intelligence but also have several different intelligences owned by students, including: verbal linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, visual-spatial, bodily kinesthetic, naturalistic, intrapersonal, interpersonal, and existential intelligence. MI-based teaching provides a new outlook in improving the quality of teaching and meaningful learning. MI-based instruction respects each student's learning style, which is indicated by the student's preference in learning. Therefore, using MI-based instruction in the teaching and learning process will be easy, fun, and respect everyone's way of receiving material. This study encourages future research on connecting the understanding of the multiple intelligences of lecturers with the needs of students in the process of learning English for Islamic studies.

One Classroom, Different Perspectives: Promoting Mutual Understanding between “Secular” and “Religious” Students of Islamic Studies in Russia and the United States

Abstract The article discusses the results from several co-taught courses in Islamic studies shared as a virtual exchange between the University of Michigan (U-M), USA, and Saint Petersburg State University (SPbU), Russian Federation. These courses were designed and taught to expand the range of perspectives to which students were exposed and allow them to learn how their study subject is conceptualized and studied by their peers in the partner country. The SPbU student cohort included graduates of Islamic religious colleges from different regions of the Russian Federation who shared the classroom with “secular” university students specializing in Islamic studies. The U-M cohort included students of various religious, ethnic, and academic backgrounds. In addition to weekly online meetings, the international teams met virtually outside class to prepare questions for weekly synchronous discussions and to work on a group presentation to be delivered at the end of the semester.

Al-Kahfi Puzzle Applies The Vark Learning Style In The Memorization Aspect Among Institut Kemahiran Mara Students

Al-Kahfi Puzzle is an innovative teaching aid that applies Visual (V), Auditory (A), Reading-Writing (R) and Kinesthetic (K) learning styles where it can stimulate and celebrate a variety of diverse learning approaches among students. This innovation focuses on aspect of memorizing the al-Quran, especially in memorizing the first ten verses from surah al-Kahfi. The practice of memorizing this surah is highly recommended in Islam as a way to increase one's faith and piety as well as to seek protection from end-of-life slander. However, students often face difficulties in remembering and experience difficulties in the memorization process. This is related to the correct memorization technique that suits their learning style. Therefore, al-Kahfi Puzzle aims to assist students in enhancing their memorization abilities using an engaging puzzle game that incorporates elements of the VARK approach. The objectives of this study are to identify the dominant student learning style in helping the memorization process using al-Kahfi Puzzle and to examine the effectiveness of using al-Kahfi puzzle in learning sessions for students of Islamic Studies Course at Institut Kemahiran Mara Sungai Petani. This study is qualitative in nature by using questionnaire and focused group discussion (FGD) methods. Based on the findings, al-Kahfi Puzzle meets students' VARK learning style preferences and proves beneficial in enhancing their memorization skills.

The Current State and Ways of Improving Islamic Education in the Republic of Kazakhstan

The active development of modern information and digital society activates the issues of prospects and the search for ways of high-quality training of applicants for higher education in the speciality “Islamic Studies” in Kazakhstan and the creation of a modern system of methodological tools for such training as a guarantee of success and competitiveness of specialists in the field of Islamic studies in modern conditions on the labour market. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the need to improve the system of methodological tools used in the process of preparing applicants for higher education in Kazakhstan. In the course of a study conducted at the Egyptian University of Islamic Culture Nur Mubarak (Almaty) and the College of the Astana Madrassa, a methodological system for training applicants for technical and professional, post-secondary, and higher education in the speciality “Islamic Studies” is developed. In the course of the study, a survey is conducted among students and teachers to examine the level of Islamic education in the Republic of Kazakhstan for the following components of the survey: motivation for learning, development of professional competencies, use of innovative technologies and techniques, ways to improve Islamic education, problems of Islamic education, social interest of the population regarding Islamic education. Recommendations for improving the quality of Islamic education are formulated. This research identifies potential advancements in the methodology for educating candidates at technical, vocational, post-secondary, and tertiary levels, with a focus on incorporating aspects of preparedness for Islamic education. The study's practical contribution lies in its development of an enhanced methodological framework. This framework aims to elevate the education of candidates pursuing technical and professional, post-secondary, and higher education, particularly in shaping future experts during their academic journey in Kazakhstan's specialized higher education institutions.

Conceptual Approach to Understanding the Social Aspects of the Educational Potential of the Islamic Studies

The relevance of the research theme, lies in its importance for the effective formation of a harmoniously developed personality and society, as well as maintaining the cultural, social and economic prosperity of the modern society. The purpose of this article is to study the social aspects of the educational potential within the framework of Islamic studies, as well as to reveal the conceptual approach to its understanding. The publication materials are the information from scientific and practical disciplines, highlighting the implementation of social aspects of the educational potential of the Islamic studies in its natural environment and in a foreign context, as well as monographic works on the topic and sources that are a fixation of research observations in the field of modernization of the educational and social systems of the society life. The following concepts are the result of its study: fixing the problem under study as a composite and inseparable and a large-scale system; determination of its leading categories; establishing the relationship between its components; the authors’ interpretation of this topic as a panoramic phenomenon interconnected with many other spheres of society. The practical significance of the work was revealed in its novelty, relevance and demand among representatives of the leading areas of scientific thought and activity such as history and sociology; ethics and religious studies; cultural studies and economics; pedagogy and psychology. The prospect of the problem under consideration lies in the need to observe, fix and study its reflection and relevance in the life of modern society, as well as in the importance of expanding and enriching the boundaries of “Islamic studies” as a scientific direction that promotes awareness of the role of spiritual principle in the formation of personality, as well as in saving the ethnic groups for their prosperity and progress.

Prayer, Dreams, and Sex: A Showcase of an AI‐Augmented Distant Reading of 20 Thousand E‐Fatwas

AbstractThis article provides a methodologically oriented case study of the application of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Islamic studies. Its empirical focus is on 20 thousand e‐fatwas from the website askimam.org. The study demonstrates how LLMs, here represented by the open‐source tool BERTopic, can significantly augment a process of distant reading. The research focuses on a topic modelling revealing insights into recurring concerns evident from the questions posed by believers in fatwas. It also provides an example of further, post‐topic modelling and analysis focusing on thematic variations across questions from different geographical regions. The article argues for the potential of LLMs to reshape research methodologies, offering faster, more comprehensive, and nuanced analyses of large datasets.

Role of Time Management in Developing Self- Regulating Study Habits among Students at University Level

The research work conducted on the topic of role of time management in developing self-regulating study habits among students at University level. In order to achieve the objectives, this study used descriptive survey design. Total population was 792 students from public sector universities of okara region. 70% sample of total population was selected. Consequently, 167 male and 217 female students were selected from University of Okara. Whereas, 91 male 80 female students were selected from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad ( sub campus Depalpur Okara). All of these students were selected from various departments (Statistics, Islamic Studies, Physics, Mathematics, Education, Biology, English, Zoology, Chemistry, and Computer Science). A self-structured questionnaire was used to collect data for the students. It was a 5-point scale type consisting 40 statements along with 2 questions as open ended to assess the role of time management in developing self-regulating study habits among students at university level. Systematic random sampling method was used to select sample size of 555 students. The purpose of this study was to achieve the following objectives, 1 assess the effect of time management on self-regulating study habits of students at university level, 2 to analyze the important factors that affect the study habits of students at university level, 3 to compare the effect of time management techniques on the basis of gender, locality, university and departments (science and arts). Present study was aimed to answer the following questions, 1) how the time management effect self-regulating study habits of students at university level? 2) What are the factors that affect the study habits of students at university level? 3) What is the effect of time management techniques on the basis of gender, locality, university and departments (science and arts)? The results help in the field of education specially and for the bright future of students generally. The major findings of this study indicate that majority of the students have agreed about the importance of time management for achieving high ranks at university level. They feel stressed due to over work and try to minimize interruptions. Most of the students have reported that they share their academic issues with family and home environment affect the students grades. Students also reported that class environment also affects student learning. The study concluded that importance of time management can never be neglected. It indicates that time management is a key to success and is very important for the development of self-regulating study habits among students at university level. The study also concluded that there is no significant difference between the students on the basis of gender, locality, university and science and arts departments regarding the role of time management in developing self-regulating study habits among students at university level.

Knowledge, Attitude and Acceptance among Undergraduate Students in Faculty of Health Science (FSK) and Faculty of Islamic Studies (FPI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Towards Covid-19 Vaccines

Knowledge, Attitude and Acceptance among Undergraduate Students in Faculty of Health Science (FSK) and Faculty of Islamic Studies (FPI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Towards Covid-19 Vaccines

Isbijab – a new centre for the development of Islamic law (XI-XII)

The relevance of this article covers historical, religious, local and diplomatic factors, which reflect the importance of research and the multifaceted nature of Isbijab. The purpose is to study the Isbijab School of fiqh law in the Middle Ages in the context of Islamic law and the history of Kazakhstan. In this work, standard historiographical methods are used: historical-systemic method, historical-comparative method, method of historical periodization and others. The main result is to clarify the role of the fiqh school of Isbijab in the context of studying the history of Islamic law on the territory of modern Kazakhstan and in the region as a whole. The authors also found that Isbijab was one of the centres of Islamic studies and law not only in Kazakhstan but also in the whole of Central Asia in the XI to XII centuries. It was the time when Isbijab developed its legal concept and school of fiqh, the Hanafi madhhab. This school of Islamic law introduced a new generation of legal scholars and their pupils, whose major works and academic degrees paved their way in the historiography. Their experience helped the researchers to study the manuscript works of medieval Isbijab jurists from a historical-legal and theological point of view. The paper shows the findings of an ongoing study of Isbijab legal practitioners in the framework of the "Mukhtasar al-Tahawi" book. Work has practical relevance not only in the context of Islamic studies and Islamic law but also in history, international relations, country knowledge and in other disciplines.